Tumsa Nahin Dekha
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Tumsa Nahin Dekha - The Love Story is a Bollywood
Romance film
directed by Anurag Basu
, while produced by Mukesh Bhatt
. The film stars Emraan Hashmi
and Diya Mirza in lead roles as Anupam Kher
, Sharat Saxena
and Surekha Sikri
in supporting roles. It was released on the 24 September 2004.
), a charming and continually drunk millionaire. One day, he sees a girl, Jia (Diya Mirza) on the street and falls in love at first sight. Jia is working as a striptease dancer and has a mentally handicapped brother. Daksh and Jia spend some time with each other and fall in love. Daksh, however, is supposed to marry the rich Anahita Madhwani (Pooja Bharati) in order to inherit a million-dollar trust.
For help, Daksh turns to his butler, John Uncle (Anupam Kher
). John Uncle wanted Daksh to end up marrying Jia. However, John gets very ill and gets transferred to a hospital. The engagement party for Daksh and Anahita is taking place and John Uncle manages to convince Jia to go to the party.
Daksh and Jia dance, and meanwhile, John Uncle is dying at the hospital. Daksh decides to honour John Uncle's memory and goes to propose to Jia – she accepts and after a final clash with the family, Daksh is allowed to marry her and they live happily ever after.
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
Romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
directed by Anurag Basu
Anurag Basu
Anurag Basu is an Indian film director and writer, known for directing films that tackle the themes of dark passion and adultery like Life in a... Metro, Gangster and Murder. Basu was nominated in the Best Director category at the 53rd Filmfare Awards in 2008 for Life in a... Metro. He has also...
, while produced by Mukesh Bhatt
Mukesh Bhatt
Mukesh Bhatt , is an Indian film producer, who has produced several Bollywood films. He is the younger brother of director, Mahesh Bhatt and also the co-owner of the production company, Vishesh Films, set up in 1986...
. The film stars Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Hashmi
Emraan Anwar Hashmi is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.- Early life :Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father is a Muslim while his mother a Roman Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his...
and Diya Mirza in lead roles as Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...
, Sharat Saxena
Sharat Saxena
Sharat Saxena is an Indian actor working in Bollywood films. He has acted in nearly 160 Bollywood films.Saxena started his career in the early 70s and has mainly played either supporting roles of a father, uncle or villainous roles....
and Surekha Sikri
Surekha Sikri
Surekha Sikri or Surekha Sikri Rege is Indian film, theatre and TV actor. She has won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress twice, for her role in Tamas in 1988 and for Mammo in 1995.-Early life and background:...
in supporting roles. It was released on the 24 September 2004.
Sypnosis
The film starts with Daksh Mittal (Emraan HashmiEmraan Hashmi
Emraan Anwar Hashmi is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.- Early life :Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father is a Muslim while his mother a Roman Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his...
), a charming and continually drunk millionaire. One day, he sees a girl, Jia (Diya Mirza) on the street and falls in love at first sight. Jia is working as a striptease dancer and has a mentally handicapped brother. Daksh and Jia spend some time with each other and fall in love. Daksh, however, is supposed to marry the rich Anahita Madhwani (Pooja Bharati) in order to inherit a million-dollar trust.
For help, Daksh turns to his butler, John Uncle (Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...
). John Uncle wanted Daksh to end up marrying Jia. However, John gets very ill and gets transferred to a hospital. The engagement party for Daksh and Anahita is taking place and John Uncle manages to convince Jia to go to the party.
Daksh and Jia dance, and meanwhile, John Uncle is dying at the hospital. Daksh decides to honour John Uncle's memory and goes to propose to Jia – she accepts and after a final clash with the family, Daksh is allowed to marry her and they live happily ever after.
Cast
| Actor/actress | Role |
|---|---|
| Emraan Hashmi Emraan Hashmi Emraan Anwar Hashmi is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films.- Early life :Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father is a Muslim while his mother a Roman Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his... |
Daksh Mittal |
| Dia Mirza Dia Mirza Dia Mirza Handrich nicknamed Dee and more popularly known as Dia Mirza, is a Indian model and actress who appears in Bollywood films... |
Jiah Khan |
| Anupam Kher Anupam Kher Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well... |
John Uncle |
| Sharat Saxena Sharat Saxena Sharat Saxena is an Indian actor working in Bollywood films. He has acted in nearly 160 Bollywood films.Saxena started his career in the early 70s and has mainly played either supporting roles of a father, uncle or villainous roles.... |
Madhvani |
| Surekha Sikri Surekha Sikri Surekha Sikri or Surekha Sikri Rege is Indian film, theatre and TV actor. She has won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress twice, for her role in Tamas in 1988 and for Mammo in 1995.-Early life and background:... |
Daksh's Grandmother |
| Pooja Bharati | Anahita Madhwani |
Soundtrack
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bheed Mein Tanhaee Mein" | Udit Narayan Udit Narayan -Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B... , Shreya Ghoshal |
| 2 | "Dhanak Ka Rang" | Shreya Ghoshal |
| 3 | "Maine Soch Liya" | Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal |
| 4 | "Mujhe Tumse Mohabbat Hai" | Shaan Shaan (singer) Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"... , Shreya Ghoshal |
| 5 | "Tanhaiyan " | Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi movies, as well as films in Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada language. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films... |
| 6 | "Woh Humse Khafa Nahin" | Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal |
| 7 | "Yeh Dhuan Dhuan" | Roop Kumar Rathod Roop Kumar Rathod -Personal life:Roopkumar is the son of the late Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod, the classical luminary – an exponent of the rare and arguably the oldest style of singing i.e. Dhrupad. He belonged to the “Aditya Gharana of Jamnagar”. Pandit Rathod has trained and groomed many well known names like... , Shreya Ghoshal |
| 8 | "Mujhe Tumse Mohabbat Hai (Remix)" | Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal |
Trivia
- While shooting, director Anurag BasuAnurag BasuAnurag Basu is an Indian film director and writer, known for directing films that tackle the themes of dark passion and adultery like Life in a... Metro, Gangster and Murder. Basu was nominated in the Best Director category at the 53rd Filmfare Awards in 2008 for Life in a... Metro. He has also...
was diagnosed with blood cancer and was admitted to hospital. Producer Mukesh BhattMukesh BhattMukesh Bhatt , is an Indian film producer, who has produced several Bollywood films. He is the younger brother of director, Mahesh Bhatt and also the co-owner of the production company, Vishesh Films, set up in 1986...
took over for a month.http://us.rediff.com/movies/2004/sep/30bose.htm - Daksh's dance with the bread attached to the spoons is inspired by Charlie ChaplinCharlie ChaplinSir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
's "dance" in Gold RushGold rushA gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers to an area that has had a dramatic discovery of gold. Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia, Brazil, Canada, South Africa, and the United States, while smaller gold rushes took place elsewhere.In the 19th and early...
. - Remake of Dudley MooreDudley MooreDudley Stuart John Moore, CBE was an English actor, comedian, composer and musician.Moore first came to prominence as one of the four writer-performers in the ground-breaking comedy revue Beyond the Fringe in the early 1960s, and then became famous as half of the highly popular television...
1981 movie Arthur - The film, while shooting, was titled to be named Zaroorat - The Hindi Love Story, but later on it got changed to Tumsa Nahin Dekha - A Love Story